TRon

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Agree with this like. I was hearing yesterday that Howe had made Isak the player that he is. He scored two pearlers on his debut against Liverpool.

He's not got the physical presence to play up front regardless.

Nice to see big Joe get all his misses out of the way in the friendlies.

Seeing Tonali out there reminds me of just how good our midfield can be.

Just a bit.

Barnes has been shite so far, released on a few occasions only to turn back into traffic.

What's the point in talking about preferring Guehi or Scalvini though, when neither will end up here?

I can't work out why we didn't bid then. We've needed a RCB for more than a year, what were we waiting for when the price was knocked down quite conveniently by another club?

Sue us for what? Liverpool putting in shitty lowball offers?

If Newcastle was just an investment, they would sell Isak and double their money while they still can. It's possible that might still happen of course, but the not for sale message does suggest that they still take it personally.

That's still probably the most likely reason.

It makes no sense whatsoever. No way would Howe have continued to pick a half arsed footballer. It goes against everything he stands for as we've seen this week.

Well I just tend to respect the expert judgements above fans in general, no offence to Milanistas or whatever they call themselves.

Yet their new manager wanted to keep him.

This.

I find that hard to believe because I don't think Howe would have continued to play him.

He wouldn't even be in the reserves for 12 months. Once the window closes and he hasn't got his move, he'll be desperate to be playing first team football. That's not me saying we should keep him either, but if we are selling to a rival, why would we do it on the cheap?

it almost felt wasted.

If we think they have acted in bad faith and been disrespectful....how can we reward them for it by giving them what they want? Unless they cough up a very respectful fee which we think reflects his value, then we don't sell. Otherwise it just proves them right and we are absolutely endorsing their disgusting behaviour.

That's still too low.

He doesn't look like scoring goals or even getting in the right positions to score them, that's the issue. He's a nuisance otherwise, but so many loose aspects to his game. Neave looked more focused when he came on, he was looking for goal.

Good run out. Considering we had a few clodhoppers out there like Krafth and Targett you were never going to get flowing football, but we still bossed the game and we did alright.

Looks like he has a natural striker's instinct for goal. Think there might be a player there.

He's not that small either, when he fills out a bit he could be a handful